Dustin Hoffman

Dustin Hoffman emerged as a key figure in the Hollywood Renaissance period of the 1960s and 1970s, personifying identifiable misfits and antiheroes in films embraced by a new breed of filmgoer. After...
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15 Famous Co-Stars You Never Knew Hated Each Other's Guts

It's no secret that celebrities don't always love their co-stars, but these 15 pairs of stars will shock you with their feuds. Whether they were magic onscreen and nightmares off or just plain crazy with the way they behaved toward one another, these are the rivalries that take the cake:
1. Leonardo DiCaprio &amp; Claire Danes
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While it may seem impossible to resist the charms of young Leonardo DiCaprio, that's exactly what happened with his Romeo + Juliet co-star, Claire Danes. The sixteen year old actress reportedly found the heartthrob, known to be somewhat of a prankster on set, to be too immature, spending as much time as possible away from him behind the scenes; he thought she was too uptight. At least they found chemistry onscreen!
2. Ryan Gosling &amp; Rachel McAdams
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Even though they made one of the greatest couples we've seen in a movie in quite some time (and went on to become a real life couple we totally loved), Rachel McAdams and Ryan Gosling tooootally did not get along on the set of The Notebook. Director Nicholas Cassavetes has discussed Gosling's struggles with McAdams, recalling the actor asking for someone else to read lines with him off-camera because he couldn't work with McAdams. At one point, the two were put in a room with a producer, screamed and shouted at one another, and emerged from the room ready to commence with filming. Cassavetes says that even though it was not all smooth sailing from there, it was smoother.
3. Shia LaBeouf &amp; Tom Hardy
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While filming Lawless, LaBeouf admits he didn't always get along with Hardy; Hardy admits that Shia knocked him out. "Out cold. He’s a bad, bad boy. He is. He’s quite intimidating as well. He’s a scary dude… He just attacked me. He was drinking moonshine. I was wearing a cardigan, and er, went down." We're not sure how that could even happen, considering Tom Hardy is one of the guys we're least likely to mess with (have you seen Bronson?), but now we know there's a way darker story behind that selfie they took together.
4. Joan Crawford &amp; Bette Davis
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This one may just be the most famous feud on this list. Bette Davis was apprehensive in starring in Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? simply because of her co-star: Joan Crawford. During filming, Davis went to extreme lengths to make herself as ugly as possible, but Crawford went in the other direction (she even made sure her bras were padded despite the fact that her character should have been withering away). The fighting continued throughout filming, ranging from complaints regarding Crawford's drinking on set to Davis allegedly kicking Crawford in the head (in a scene where her character kicks Crawford's). For another scene, Joan's character was to be dragged from bed by Bette's, so she rigged weights in her wardrobe, giving Davis a back injury. After spending each day fighting, both actresses would call the director, Robert Aldrich, to complain about the other. Oi.
5. Sarah Jessica Parker &amp; Kim Cattrall
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The media loves to play up hype of women hating each other, and that could very well be the case for these Sex and the City stars. The rumors surrounding these two stars are endless, usually involving salary disputes, though nobody really knows for sure why they didn't get along (or even if they didn't get along). SJP has alluded to the feuding when she claimed that long days on set sometimes ended with "hurt feelings."
6. Shirley MacLaine &amp; Debra Winger
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Despite the fact that this movie will make you sob uncontrollably, run to your mother, and tell her you love her, there was no love lost between Terms of Endearment's stars. MacLaine even wrote in her memoir that Winger farted. in. her. face. at one point. The feud continued throughout awards season -- which pitted the stars against each other at the Oscars, with MacLaine winning -- and may even continue to this day. We're totally MacLaine, not just because she's ***flawless, but because people who fart in other people's faces need to be stopped!
7. Will Smith &amp; Janet Hubert
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Have you ever wondered why The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air changed actresses between seasons 3 and 4? Any fan of the show has surely noticed that Aunt Viv undergoes a radical change -- in fact, even Jazz references this change in the first episode of the 4th season, when he tells Mrs. Banks, "ever since you had that baby, there's something different about you." The reason for this, it seems, is that the original Aunt Viv, Janet Hubert, and Will Smith had a crazy feud that resulted in her being fired from the show. She has claimed that working Will and Alfonso Ribeiro was a nightmare, and she also made it plain that she considers Smith a diva. We wish they could've worked out their differences, because Janet's Viv was a boss. We'll let Janet discuss this one in her own words:
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8. Patrick Swayze &amp; Jennifer Grey
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It turns out, Swayze probably would have loved to put Baby in a corner. In his autobiography, the late star recalled how difficult his Dirty Dancing co-star was to work with. He dished about her hypersensitive reactions to criticism, the "silly moods" she frequently found herself in, and how often she disrupted filming by not containing her laughter. This is one of those feuds that we'll choose to ignore -- Dirty Dancing is so much better without that baggage, isn't it?
9. Shannen Doherty &amp;...The World
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Shannen Doherty has earned herself a reputation as being a difficult co-star. On Beverly Hills, 90210, she allegedly did not get along with Tori Spelling at all (though, we can't say we blame her really). Spelling even once mentioned a fist fight (!!) between Doherty and 90210 co-star Jennie Garth. After leaving that show early, she joined the cast of Charmed, where she didn't get along with Alyssa Milano before leaving that show early.
10. Meryl Streep &amp; Dustin Hoffman
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Is it really even possible to hate Meryl Streep? Apparently, it is, if you're Dustin Hoffman. While filming the Academy Award winning Kramer vs. Kramer, about a couple battling through a bitter and painful divorce, Hoffman was going through the very same thing in his personal life. According to the actor, he brought his real life drama to set with him and unleashed a bit of it on Meryl. Because she's so fabulous and not used to people disliking her, Meryl didn't really notice his animosity.
11. Sharon Stone &amp; Billy Baldwin
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Which Baldwin brother is Sharon Stone's favorite? Not Billy! While filming the 1993 movie, Sliver, Stone allegedly allowed her venomous feelings for her co-star take over during a love scene. While kissing him, she bit his tongue to show him how she really felt. Ouch!
12. Lucy Liu &amp; Bill Murray
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It's hard to imagine anyone disliking Bill Murray, but Lucy Liu managed to turn him into an enemy while filming Charlie's Angels. While the story is varied, the gist of it is that Murray informed Ms. Liu that she couldn't act (some sources say this happened mid-scene), which she may or may not have retaliated to. Murray has since been quoted on the incident: “Look, I will dismiss you completely if you are unprofessional and working with me…When our relationship is professional, and you’re not getting that done, forget it.” The two are friends now, but we can understand why Liu didn't take kindly to Bill's opinion. No wonder Bernie Mac filled his shoes for the sequel.
13. Nicki Minaj &amp; Mariah Carey
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This one is one of the most well known feuds around (and having most of it play out on American Idol certainly didn't help that), though it's also a bit of the most nonsensical. It's never been made clear why these two hate each other so much, but almost any clip from that season of the talent competition will show just how incessant their bickering was. While their time on Idol is over, their feud definitely isn't. Mariah's take on the whole experience?
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14. Betty White &amp; Bea Arthur
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Hating Betty White is infinitely more shocking than hating Meryl Streep -- and that's saying something. Though, for largely unknown reasons, Bea Arthur did indeed dislike Betty quite a bit. White and Rue McClanahan have both commented on Bea's dislike for Betty's sunny disposition. So, The Golden Girls weren't as great of friends as we always thought, and that's apparently because Betty White is too damn happy. What?!
15. David Duchovny &amp; Gillian Anderson
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This one was one of the most painful to swallow, but The X-Files' Mulder and Scully weren't as in love with each other as fans liked to imagine they were. Duchovny has been open about the hostility between the two, claiming "familiarity breeds contempt," which we totally understand. Nothing makes people start to hate each other more than spending a ton of time together, right? At times, the pair couldn't stand the sight of the other and they would frequently argue over nothing. Anderson had a valid reason for her unhappiness: Duchovny, her co-star and equal on the show, was paid double her salary. In addition to that injustice, she was also forced to always walk behind Duchovny, despite having the same amount of dialogue, because she's a woman. While this feud (which has since ended) hurt to learn about, we're totally on Anderson's side.

Some of the greatest and most memorable movie quotes of all time were completely unplanned. Don't believe us? Take a look at 20 of our favorites below and see for yourself:
1. Annie Hall
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Woody Allen's famous sneeze as his character, Alvy Singer, picks up a box of cocaine at a party, and after finding out that it's $2,000 an ounce, he asks what the appeal is...before sneezing all of the powder away into its owner's face. The sneeze was not scripted, believe it or not. The moment tested well with audiences and the other actors in the scene reacted so perfectly to it that Allen decided to keep it.
2. Titanic
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Perhaps one of the film's most memorable lines, Leonardo DiCaprio's feeling of invincibility would never have been captured had he not ad-libbed the line, "I'm king of the world!" Titanic has other improvised moments as well, like the scene where Jack teaches Rose to spit and when Rose spits in Cal's face.
3. Being John Malkovich
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Though this moment is contested somewhat, we still love the story. A few extras allegedly snuck some beer onto the set to make the most of long hours of filming. One such extra, who was (may or may not have been) supposed to throw something at actor John Malkovich's head from a passing vehicle, shouted "think fast," making the scene even funnier. Rumor has it that because of the line's inclusion, the extra had to receive a generous pay raise, all because of a drunken addition to the movie.
4. Blade Runner
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As Blade Runner, a film about a bounty hunter seeking androids to "retire," reaches its conclusion, its main character, Rick Deckard, is saved by the android he is supposed to kill. Right before preparing to die, the android, Roy Batty, gives a monologue reflecting on his past experiences. Though the monologue was indeed scripted, actor Rutger Hauer added the beautiful phrase, "like tears in rain."
5. Taxi Driver
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The script said "Travis talks to himself in the mirror." Robert De Niro took care of the rest. Because of this, we're left with one of the best lines in movie history, one of the greatest performances of all time, and the best idea for a theme party ever.
6. Dumb and Dumber
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The original script featured the titular idiots to argue over jelly beans in order to test the nerves of the hitman they unknowingly picked up as a hitchhiker. Since this is a movie with Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels, it evolved into something altogether different. The most annoying sound in the world was, for better or for worse, entirely improvised.
7. Good Will Hunting
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Robin Williams received his first and only Oscar for his dramatic role in Good Will Hunting. You may be able to take Robin Williams out of the comedy, but you can't keep the comedy out of him, and thus, in the midst of a pivotal scene in the movie, Williams broke into an unplanned story about his wife's flatulence. Matt Damon's uncontrollable laughter is genuine, as are the moments the camera shakes because of the cameraman's laughter. That's a magical movie moment.
8. Goodfellas
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The most memorable moment of Martin Scorsese's 1990 mobster movie is easily Joe Pesci's refusal to be called funny. This line was allegedly ad-libbed and inspired by a real incident where Pesci called a not-very-pleasant gangster funny.
9. Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
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Hardcore Star Wars fans may know this bit already: the famous Han Solo moment where he tells Princess Leia "I know" wasn't scripted. The line was originally written as "I love you too," but didn't seem to fit into character. Harrison Ford suggested they change it to something a little more in line with Han Solo's personality, and thus, the greatest response to "I love you" was born.
10. Pretty Woman
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In a gloriously unscripted moment, Richard Gere's character was supposed to present Julia Roberts with a stunning diamond necklace, but instead playfully snapped the bling box closed. The unplanned move, and Roberts' perfect reaction to it, was so honest and fit the film so well, director Garry Marshall kept it in the finished version.
11. Raiders of the Lost Ark
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The epic sword fight that was scheduled for this scene (or perhaps it was a whip vs. sword situation) was ignored entirely in favor of this easier-to-film scene. The moment, when Indiana Jones just nonchalantly pulls out his pistol and does away with the swordsman, wasn't scripted. Spielberg agreed to do it to make filming easier for Harrison Ford, who was feeling a bit under the weather at the time. Thus, movie history was born.
12. Zoolander
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After David Duchovny's character explains to Ben Stiller's Derek Zoolander why male models have been behind every political assassination of the last 200 years, Stiller forgot the line he was supposed to stay in true Zoolander fashion, so he just repeated his previous line, "Why male models?" This prompted Duchovny's equally funny ad-lib, "Are you serious? I just told you that a moment ago..."
13. The Godfather
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The Godfather has a scene where Peter Clemenza is heading out to whack Paulie, but before he does, his wife asks him to pick up some cannolis. While the scene following Paulie's death was originally scripted as just "Leave the gun," Clemenza added a bit of humor and continuity to the film by adding the second part.
14. The Shining
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Stanley Kubrick's iconic adaptation of the Stephen King classic features the ad-libbed line "Here's Johnny!" Jack Nicholson improvised this line after chopping his way through the door and sticking his face in. The quote, referencing Johnny Carson's immensely popular late night show's introduction, added a bit of humor to an incredibly terrifying moment. It also, strangely, made the moment way creepier too.
15. Jaws
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Really, though, there was nothing else to be said. After seeing the shark for the first time, this unscripted moment was the only logical reaction a person could have. And now it's legendary.
16. The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Knocked Up
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The extremely memorable, easy-to-imitate moments from both of these films were ad-libbed entirely by stars Seth Rogen and Paul Rudd. Director Judd Apatow had enough faith in both comedians to allow them to go on for several minutes in an unedited clip. The scenes may get a little annoying, but they are undeniably funny.
17. Midnight Cowboy
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Legend has it that this NYC cab ignored the indications that a movie was shooting on this street and drove down anyway. Dustin Hoffman's brilliant reaction was genuine and in character, and the rest is history.
18. Casablanca
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Arguably the most iconic line in the entire film, this one was ad-libbed by Humphrey Bogart during filming. Apparently, it's something he would say to Ingrid Bergman while teaching her poker between takes.
19. The Silence of the Lambs
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While the line about eating a census taker's liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti may have been in the script (as well as the book), the terrifying slurping hiss Anthony Hopkins lets out next was certainly not. It was left in the film because, hello, it's totally the creepiest thing a cannibal could do after discussing a meal.
20. Caddyshack
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Bill Murray, as surely everyone knows, can do literally anything. He's the greatest. Clearly director Harold Ramis knew that too -- the script for Caddyshack featured a scene where Murray's character Carl emulates a kid announcing his fantasy sports moment. Murray simply asked for four rows of mums, and boom! Movie magic.

The Oscars are coming up and to prepare we decided to celebrate some actresses who have made history! Many of them have helped break barriers for women in the male-dominated industry, but there is still a lot of work to be done. That's very evident since some of these made the list due to contributions they have made as recently as last year. Here are 12 ladies that have bravely made history in film and television.
1. Hattie McDaniel
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This supporting actress won for her role in the classic, Gone with the Wind in 1940, making her the first to black woman to win an Academy Award.
2. Halle Berry
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In 2002 this hot actress was the first black actress to take home a Best Actress Academy Award for her role in Monster's Ball.
3. Hedy Lamarr
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In 1933, this 18-year-old leading lady's role portrayed the first onscreen female orgasm in a non-pornographic film called, Ecstasy.
4. Luise Rainer
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Technically this actress made history through two roles. Luise was the first person to earn two Academy Awards in two consecutive years. One of them was for her role in The Great Ziegfeld in 1936 and the other was for The Good Earth in 1937.
5. Sophia Loren
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The beautiful actress was the first woman to win a Best Actress Academy Award for a foreign film, for Two Women.
6. Fay Bainter
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Before Fay, no other actress was ever up for Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress in the same year. In 1939, she was up for supporting for Jezebel and best actress for White Banners.
7. Lucille Ball
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Everyone knows about how iconic this funny lady is, but did you know that she was the first woman to run a major television show all thanks to the success of her role on I Love Lucy? Probably not!
8. Laverne Cox
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The beautiful actress is the first transgender person to be nominated for an Emmy thanks to her role as Sophia Burset in Orange Is The New Black.
9. Meryl Streep
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The Academy's sweetheart is currently holding the most nominations out of any other actor with 19 Academy Award nominations. Impressive!
10. Teresa Graves
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You might be familiar with Kerry Washington making history for being the first black woman in 40 years to lead a network drama, but this beautiful woman proceeded her. This foxy lady played an undercover cop in Get Christie Love!
11. Rita Moreno
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This beauty really stole the show in her role as Anita in West Side Story. The performance was so great that she took home an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, making her the second Hispanic to do so. However, she is the only Hispanic female to have an EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony)! Only 12 people in the world have completed this high honor and Moreno achieved hers in 1977.
12. Margaret Cho
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This comedian starred on All-American Girl, the first sitcom to star an East Asian family. It ended after one season due to low ratings, but Cho certainly hasn't let that stop her. She has later starred on Drop Dead Diva and more.
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Sean Penn will be honoured with an honorary Cesar award at the upcoming prizegiving on 20 February (15). Members of the Cesar organisation, France's equivalent to the Oscars, will salute the veteran actor during the 40th annual ceremony in Paris.
In a statement announcing Penn's forthcoming accolade, the Cesar Academie praises his work throughout the years both on and off the screen, calling him a "mythical actor", an "exceptional director", and a "unique icon of American cinema".
Previous Hollywood recipients of the honorary Cesar award include Clint Eastwood, Meryl Streep, Dustin Hoffman and Kate Winslet.

Matthew Broderick's 1986 comedy Ferris Bueller's Day Off has been selected for preservation in America's National Film Registry along with The Big Lebowski and Saving Private Ryan. The three films are among the latest batch of movies which have been declared national treasures and will be preserved for future generations by the U.S. Library of Congress.
Other films among the 25 picks include 1971's Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Roman Polanski's classic Rosemary's Baby, 1953 horror House of Wax starring Vincent Price, John Wayne's Rio Bravo, and Little Big Man starring Dustin Hoffman.
Librarian of Congress representative James Billington says of the new additions, "By preserving these films, we protect a crucial element of American creativity, culture and history."
The films are chosen for their cultural significance.

Actress Reese Witherspoon is set to receive the prestigious Chairman's Award at the Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF).
The Legally Blonde star will be feted with the honor next month (Jan15) in California at the event's 26th annual PSIFF Awards Gala. The accolade is being given in recognition of Witherspoon's work on new movie Wild.
The festival's chairman, Harold Matzner, said in a statement, "Witherspoon delivers one of her finest performances in Wild. (She) brilliantly brings to life the true story of Cheryl Strayed, adding yet another iconic performance to her impressive 20-year span of characters."
Previous recipients of the honor include Tom Hanks, George Clooney, Nicole Kidman and Dustin Hoffman.

Dustin Hoffman is in talks to join Joseph Gordon-Levitt in Oliver Stone's upcoming movie about infamous U.S. whistleblower Edward Snowden. Gordon-Levitt will portray the former National Security Agency (NSA) employee in The Snowden Files, and the Rain Man star is poised to take on a key role in the film, playing either an NSA mentor to Snowden or a politician, according to the New York Post's Page Six column. Shailene Woodley is also in negotiations to star as Snowden's girlfriend, dancer Lindsay Mills, who recently moved to Moscow, Russia to live with her exiled beau. Filming on the project is due to begin in Munich, Germany in January (15).

Geena Davis used advice Dustin Hoffman gave her on the set of her first film Tootsie to avoid upsetting an amorous Jack Nicholson. The actress struck up a friendship with Hoffman and soaked up all the acting tips he gave her as she transitioned from work as a Victoria's Secret model to the big screen - and there was one life lesson she found particularly useful.
Davis explains, "He said, 'Your co-stars are gonna hit on you and you should not to sleep with your co-stars, it's not a good idea... So here's what to say: When they hit on you say, 'I would love to... but I'm afraid it would ruin the sexual tension between us'."
The Thelma & Louise star had to use Hoffman's advice after a series of odd dates with Nicholson, which she thought were purely professional.
She recalls, "My agent happened to know Jack Nicholson really well... so every night we ended up having dinner with Jack Nicholson.
"We come home one day and there's a message: 'Geena Davis, call Jack Nicholson...' He said, 'Hey Geena, so when's it gonna happen...?' I said, 'Mr. Nicholson, I'm afraid you have the wrong idea'. (He said), 'Come on, I'll send a car, come on over'.
"I said, 'Well Mr. Nicholson, I have every hope that... some day we will work together and I would hate to have ruined the sexual tension between us'. He said, 'Oh my God, where did you get that?'"

British actress Dame Judi Dench was "overwhelmed" as she was honored for her career at the Britannia Awards in Los Angeles on Thursday (30Oct14).
The veteran star was presented with the Albert R. Broccoli Britannia Award for Worldwide Contribution to Entertainment by Dustin Hoffman during the 23rd annual ceremony, and during her speech she confessed she was overcome receiving a prize named after the 007 producer.
She told guests, "I'm rather overwhelmed by (this), because I didn't ever expect to have a film career at all... And I've had 17 years of doing Bond, which has been just wonderful. So, I'm very, very proud that I shall have something that is named after Cubby (Broccoli)."
Harry Potter star Emma Watson was named British Artist of the Year by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts' (BAFTA) Los Angeles committee, and she paid tribute to Dench's career during her speech. The actress said, "She's just all soul and all grace and strength and beauty, and for me, she's an iconic British actor. She's what you aspire to be."
Robert Downey, Jr. received the Stanley Kubrick Britannia Award for Excellence in Film, and Mark Ruffalo was handed the Humanitarian Award, while British moviemaker Mike Leigh picked up a directing honor and Julia Louis-Dreyfus was rewarded for her comedy work.

Robert Redford has added his tribute to revered newsman Ben Bradlee, following the news of the former Washington Post editor's death. The movie star, who portrayed Post reporter Bob Woodward - opposite Jason Robards' Bradlee - in 1976 thriller All The President's Men, has issued a statement to The Hollywood Reporter, calling the acclaimed editor-in-chief "unique in a world of so much conventional wisdom".
Alongside Dustin Hoffman, Redford and Robards chronicled the events leading up to the Watergate scandal that led to President Nixon's resignation.
Redford writes, "Ben Bradlee was an intriguing man. Bold, strong willed, and smart with a wicked and sometimes perverse sense of humor. He was unique in a world of so much conventional wisdom. With a sailor’s swagger and a tart tongue to match, he forged a new type of character as Editor-in-Chief of a newspaper in a time of change.
"It was a world I never expected was possible from just a newspaper. It was 1974, and Watergate was about to happen. To Bradlee combat was sport and he was a very good sport. His favorite line in challenging his journalists was: 'Where's the story? There has got to be a story - without that we don’t print'. He made contest fun."
Bradlee died on Tuesday (21Oct14), aged 93.

Earned Best Actor Oscar as a separated father coping with parenting in "Kramer vs. Kramer"

Reprised role of Ben Stiller's father Bernie Focker in the comedy sequel "Little Fockers"

Executive produced and starred as Willy Loman in CBS special "Death of a Salesman" (which he had previously done in a revival onstage)

Summary

Dustin Hoffman emerged as a key figure in the Hollywood Renaissance period of the 1960s and 1970s, personifying identifiable misfits and antiheroes in films embraced by a new breed of filmgoer. After struggling on and off Broadway, the Strasberg-trained actor rocketed to fame as the star of director Mike Nichols' seminal "The Graduate" (1967). Chameleon-like characters in such diverse efforts as "Midnight Cowboy" (1969), "Little Big Man" (1970), "Straw Dogs" (1971) and "Papillon" (1973) solidified his growing reputation. The one-two punch of the hits "All the President's Men" (1976) and "Marathon Man" (1976) proved Hoffman could deliver at the box office as well. More so than any other actor of the period, he pleased critics and fans alike with his performances in "Kramer vs. Kramer" (1979), "Tootsie" (1982) and "Rain Man" (1988), winning Best Actor Oscars for two of these three nominated performances. Over the decades that followed, Hoffman divided his energies between strong supporting work in projects like "Sleepers" (1996) and sharing top-billing with fellow heavy weights like Robert De Niro in such films as "Wag the Dog" (1997). In the new millennium, he enjoyed a creative and commercial resurgence with a run of playful comic performances in "I [Heart] Huckabees" (2004), "Meet the Fockers" (2004), and the hit animated feature "Kung Fu Panda" (2008). Hoffman boasted a film career that spanned more than four decades and consistently delved into new creative territory, validating his status as one of the most gifted actors of his generation or any other.

Born Aug. 30, 1984; mother Lisa Hoffman; Played Peter Pan at age five in "Hook" (1991); Appeared with father in "Meet the Fockers" (2004)

Karina Hoffman-Birkhead

Daughter

Born c. 1966 to Anne Byrne and her first husband; Later adopted by Hoffman; Convicted of embezzlement in London in 1998

Education

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Los Angeles Conservatory of Music and Arts

Los Angeles High School

Santa Monica City College

Pasadena Playhouse

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According to Mel Brooks, he had planned to cast Dustin Hoffman as Franz Liebkind in "The Producers" before Hoffman landed his star-making role in "The Graduate" opposite Brooks' wife Anne Bancroft.

"Every day is a rebirth. I am no longer the person I was yesterday. The events of the day, in imperceptible ways, change what we can't consciously recognize." – Hoffman to The Toronto Sun, Oct. 2, 1996

In 1997, Hoffman filed a $5 million lawsuit against Los Angeles magazine, which published a computer-altered image of the actor in character from "Tootsie" modeling designer clothing. The actor, who had not given his permission for the photograph, claimed in his suit that it hurt his career and that he would be paid a great a deal of money to model clothes. The U.S. District Court judge agreed and in January 1999 awarded Hoffman $1.5 million in damages.

"Our whole idea of women as physical objects is drilled into us from birth and changes little, no matter how savvy we get in other ways. I thought I played a really interesting woman in "Tootsie," but then one day I realized I probably wouldn't have sought me out at a party because I wasn't stunningly beautiful. That made me cry at my own shallowness." – Hoffman to Calgary Sun, Jan. 15, 1998

"Here's the thing. If you can get past the big crime in our industry, which is getting older, and once you embrace the so-called limitations of what we call life, then it becomes a part of your work." – Hoffman to Confidence, Aug. 22, 2003

"We were coming out as actors at a time Hollywood was marketing people like Rock Hudson, Tab Hunter and Troy Donahue. Gene Hackman and Robert Duvall and I had mirrors. We weren't pretty boys. We were not what Hollywood considered leading men material. We were character actors. We were ugly." – Hoffman to Calgary Sun, Oct. 22, 2003

"I'm going to have the same regrets five years from now. And that is, looking at old photographs and thinking why didn't I understand how lucky I was? Why didn't I feel full? Why didn't I cherish it more, as it was happening? Why was so much of it just taken for granted?" – Hoffman on his regrets to GQ, December 2004

In 2012, Hoffman was a recipient of the Kennedy Center Honors, the nation’s top award for those who have influenced culture through the arts.